John 5:38-40
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
38 and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent.(A) 39 You search[a] the scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.(B) 40 But you do not want to come to me to have life.
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- 5:39 You search: this may be an imperative: “Search the scriptures, because you think that you have eternal life through them.”
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